- 1954 Kumbh Mela stampede
1954 Kumbh Mela stampede was a
stampede that occurred in 1954 atKumbha Mela on3 February 1954 inAllahabad inUttar Pradesh state inIndia . More than 800 people died and over 100 were injured. The stampede was caused by failure ofcrowd control measures because of presence of large number ofpoliticians . This is one of worst stampedes in India.References
* [http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:5L-u6mUdc9wJ:www.sasnet.lu.se/panelabstracts/22.html+1954+Kumbh+stampede&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=12&gl=nz]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/aug/28/india.maseehrahman]
* [http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=qMtGAAAAMAAJ&q=1954+Kumbh+stampede&dq=1954+Kumbh+stampede&lr=&pgis=1]
* [http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=3F5IAAAAMAAJ&q=1954+Kumbh+stampede&dq=1954+Kumbh+stampede&lr=&pgis=1]
* [http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=3F5IAAAAMAAJ&q=1954+Kumbh+stampede&dq=1954+Kumbh+stampede&lr=&pgis=1]
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/01/23/stories/05232512.htm]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.